DuPont

American  

[doo-pont, dyoo-, doo-pont, dyoo-, dy-pawn] / duˈpɒnt, dyu-, ˈdu pɒnt, ˈdyu-, düˈpɔ̃ /

Or Du Pont

noun

1. Eleuthère Irénée 1771–1834, U.S. industrialist, born in France.

2. Pierre Samuel 1739–1817, French economist and statesman (father of Eleuthère Irénée).

3. Samuel Francis, 1803–65, Union admiral in the U.S. Civil War.

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Example Sentences

Outside the White House complex, fountains across the city are coming back to life after decades of neglect, from DuPont Circle to Freedom Plaza and Union Station.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

DuPont reported a profit of $161 million, or 39 cents a share, compared with a loss of $589 million, or $1.40 a share, a year earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Oil-derived products are important raw materials for the chemical producer, but one analyst says that its range of businesses helped protect DuPont from surging oil prices.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

DuPont de Nemours now projects full-year adjusted earnings of $2.35 to $2.40 a share and net sales between $7.16 billion and $7.22 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Meanwhile, DuPont began work on the next stage of the manufacturing cycle: a full-scale production plant located on a bend of the Columbia River in central Washington State, near the little town of Hanford.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik